“Let me just say that to imagine racism does not exist is imagination. And to imagine that it does not create its own set of problems is true imagination. So let's not imagine that racism is gone, extinguished, because it's not. We are seeing this in the top levels of the political arena, and we are seeing it very, very plainly.” DoeProblemPoliticalImaginationLevelsGoneImagineSeeingRacismLet MeImagine ThatArena Author:Phylicia Rashad
“As a minister, you shouldn't imagine you know better than the technical experts in your ministry. In the end you're there to apply the political stamp of approval.” KnowsEndsPoliticalImagineMinistersExpertsApprovalMinistryStamps Author:Jeroen Dijsselbloem
“In organized groups such as the army or the Church there is either no mention of love whatsoever between the members, or it is expressed only in a sublimated and indirect way, through the mediation of some religious imagine in the love of whom the members unite and whose all-embracing love they are supposed to imitate in their attitude towards each other. It is one of the basic tenets of fascist leadership to keep primary libidinal energy on an unconscious level so as to divert its manifestations in a way suitable to political ends.” WayEndsPoliticalEnergyChurchReligiousLevelsAttitudeImagineGroupsMembersArmyPrimariesManifestationOrganizedUnconsciousFascistsSuitableIndirectMediationEmbracing Love Author:Theodor Adorno
“Nowadays, to say that we are clever animals is not to say something philosophical and pessimistic but something political and hopeful - namely, if we can work together, we can make ourselves into whatever we are clever and courageous enough to imagine ourselves becoming. This is to set aside Kant's question "What is man?" and to substitute the question "What sort of world can we prepare for our great grandchildren?” IfsMenWorldEnoughTogetherPoliticalAnimalImagineBecomingPhilosophicalCleverHopefulWorking TogetherCourageousSubstitutesGrandchildrenPessimisticTogether We CanGreat Grandchildren Book:Truth and Progress: Philosophical Papers Source: Truth and Progress: Philosophical Papers
“I can't imagine that anyone in Hollywood is sitting around trying to decide what actor is good or right or qualified for a role and is being denied a role because of their political views. I don't think that's the way Hollywood works. We're not living in an era of blacklisting.” ThinkingWayTryingI CanPoliticalActorsViewsRolesImagineSittingHollywoodErasDeniedImagine ThatQualifiedSitting AroundPolitical View Author:Kevin Spacey
“We often imagine that the court serves as a sort of neutral umpire controlling the warring political branches. But this is mostly myth. The justices of the Supreme Court are themselves actors in the struggle for power, and when they intervene, they think carefully about how their decisions will affect the courts own legitimacy and authority.” ThinkingPoliticalActorsJusticeDecisionStruggleImagineAuthorityCourtMythSupremeBranchesImagine ThatSupreme CourtUmpiresLegitimacy Author:Noah Feldman